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Amazing Stories

In light of all the negativity in the news, I thought that these stories from an email I got a few days ago from a friend of my dad’s would make things seems a little brighter. These stories show that there are still good people in this world. I hope they make you smile! Enjoy!

I promise every one of these will have you thinking back on it at least twice…..

please enjoy them and forward to yours…..

Powerful stories, to be so short.

These twelve short stories are all very good stories and make us think twice about the daily happenings in our lives as we deal with others!!

1. Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I’mworking on for my Psychology class. When I asked her to define success inher own words, she said;

“Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile.”

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2. Today, I asked my mentor – a very successful business man in his 70swhat his top 3 tips are for success. He smiled and said;

“Read something no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and dosomething no one else is doing.”

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3. Today, after my 72-hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to meat the grocery store and gave me a hug. When I tensed up, she realized Ididn’t recognize her. She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the mostsincere smile and said;

“On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of the World TradeCenter.”

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4. Today, after I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on the sideof the road holding him and crying. And just before he died;

he licked the tears off my face.

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5. Today at 7AM, I woke up feeling ill, but decided I needed the money, so I went into work. At 3PM I got laid off On my drive home I got a flat tire. When I went into the trunk for the spare, it was flat too.

A man ina BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a job.

I start tomorrow.

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6. Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around mymother’s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died.

She simply said, “I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often.”

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7. Today, I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a smallhospital bed. About 5 seconds after he passed,

I realized it was the firsttime I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.

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8. Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to startrecycling. I chuckled and asked, “Why?” She replied, “So you can help mesave the planet.” I chuckled again and asked, “And why do you want to savethe planet?”

Because that’s where I keep all my stuff,” she said.

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9. Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughinghysterically at her 2-year-old daughter’s antics, I suddenly realized that,

I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again.

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10. Today, a boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately struggling on crutcheswith my broken leg and offered to carry my backpack and books for me. Hehelped me all the way across campus to my class and as he was leaving he said,

“I hope you feel better soon.”

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11. Today, I was feeling down because the results of a biopsy came backmalignant. When I got home, I opened an e-mail that said, “Thinking of youtoday. If you need me, I’m a phone call away.”

It was from a high schoolfriend I hadn’t seen in 10 years.

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12. Today, I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe. Hesaid he hadn’t eaten anything in over 3 days and looked extremely skinny andunhealthy. Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he waseating.